Transportation Research Board

Committee on Freight Transportation
Economics and Regulation (A1B06)

Finding a More Effective Marketplace


Statement of Scope

The scope of this committee includes all aspects of research pertaining to domestic and international surface freight transportation economics and regulation. Consideration will be given to research into the impact of regulation on social, public, and private costs and benefits: among the various modes; on regulated vis-à-vis unregulated carriers; and on technological change.